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Nursery Web Spider - Pisaurina mira
Copyright © 2006 Garrett Herth

Nursery Web Spider - Pisaurina mira
Oakdale/on the front door, Suffolk County, New York, USA
April 5, 2006
Size: ~2inches
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Contributed by Garrett Herth on 12 May, 2006 - 10:47am
Last updated 8 January, 2007 - 11:37pm

Moved
Moved from Pisaurina.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 17 September, 2006 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

how come?
your guess was right on the money. this is a nursery web spider. Pisaurina and the abdominal markings suggest P. mira.

you can trust him now...;)
… Omar Fahmy, 12 May, 2006 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
I'm just kidding.
Female or male? My guess is male due to the small abdomen.
… Garrett Herth, 12 May, 2006 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
i cant say
ill have to wait for Jeff to comment whether this is a male or female
… Omar Fahmy, 12 May, 2006 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

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